Chart of the Day: Zoning Decisions in Saint Paul over Time

I’m member of the Saint Paul Planning Commission,and I thought I’d share a chart from the upcoming annual report, showing the number of zoning cases over time separated out by type. I don’t know if it’s interesting or not.

Bill, is there a post or article where I can get a good education on what St. Paul zoning currently looks like and what it should look like?
I also don’t understand if zoning changes by an individual building owner’s desire or by neighborhood consensus (community council changes everything).